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1. Twenty-one plans, with explanations of different actions in the West Indies, during the late war / by an officer of the Royal Navy, who was present.

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Creator:
Matthews, John, lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Date:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
24 pages, [21] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

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Creator:
Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The emigrant's guide to New Brunswick, British North America / By the Rev. Christ. Atkinson, A.M., late pastor of Mascreen Kirk, St. George, New Brunswick.

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Creator:
Atkinson, Christopher W. (Christopher William)
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
iv, 124 pages, ([3] leaves of plates, [1] folded) : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac, under the command of Commodore John Downes, during the circumnavagation of the globe, in the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834 : including a particular account of the engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the coast of Sumatra : with all the official documents relating to the same / by J.N. Reynolds ; illustrated by several engravings.

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Creator:
Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799–1858
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[7], vi-x, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-560 pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The American shooter's manual : comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to the dog, and the correct use of the gun : also a description of the game of this country / by a gentleman of the Philadelphia county.

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Creator:
Gentleman of Philadelphia County
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[5], x-xii, [1], 14-249, [9] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New England, New-Found-Land : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places. Illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1672
Physical Description:
[8], 192 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760 : with observations upon the state of the colonies / by the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D., Archdeacon of Leicester and Vicat of Greenwich.

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Creator:
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732–1812
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 209, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Krider's sporting anecdotes : illustrative of the habits of certain varieties of American game / edited by H. Milnor Klapp.

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Creator:
Krider, John
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
[4], 292 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Travels through the United States of North America : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada / by the Duke De La Rochefoucault Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, charts ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America : viz. Jamaica, Barbadoes, S. Christophers, Mevis, Antego, S. Vincent, Dominica, New-Jersey, Pensilvania, Monserat, Anguilla, Bermudas, Carolina, Virginia, New-England, Tobago, New-found-land, Mary-land, New-York. With new maps of every place. Together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands; from the year 1686, to 1700. Also a table by which, at any time of the day or night here in England, you may know what hour it is in any of those parts. And how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[8], 262, [42] p., [9] leaves of plates ([8] folded) : ill. (port., 7 fold. maps, fold. diagr.) ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war / by C. Stedman : who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Stedman, C. (Charles), 1753–1812
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, plans ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Martin Chuzzlewit.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
xxiv, [2], 844, [2] pages, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The American traveller, or, Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable : with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively, and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great-Britain therefrom : in a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ******** / by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
[8], 122 pages, [2] leaves of plates, (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey, the construction and management of stables, different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject, with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason ; to which is added a prize essay on mules and an appendix containing observations and receipts for the cure of most of the common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, dogs, &c., selected from different authors ; also, an addenda, containing annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c.

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Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
388 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Life of William T. Porter / by Francis Brinley.

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Creator:
Brinley, Francis, 1800–1889
Date:
MDCCCLX [1860]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 273, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Transatlantic sketches : comprising visits to the most interesting scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies : with notes on Negro slavery and Canadian emigration / by Capt. J.E. Alexander, 42D Royal Highlanders, F.R.G.S. M.R.A.S. etc. ; author of Travels in Ava, Persia, etc.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party / compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition ; in two vols., with an atlas.

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Creator:
James, Edwin, 1797–1861
Date:
1822-1823
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 25-30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis, or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-England, New-Found-Land / published by Richard Blome. Together with The present state of Algiers.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1678
Physical Description:
[8], 88, [2], 17, [5] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. (port., maps) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts